Barbara Steele
Acting
Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937) is an English actress and producer, known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. She has been referred to as the "Queen of All Scream Queens" and "Britain's first lady of horror". She played the dual role of Asa and Katia Vajda in Mario Bava's landmark film Black Sunday (1960), and starred in The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962), The Long Hair of Death (1964), and Castle of Blood (1964). Additionally, Steele had supporting roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975), Joe Dante's Piranha and Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (both 1978), and appeared on television in the 1991 TV series Dark Shadows. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for producing the American television miniseries War and Remembrance (1988–89). Steele appeared in several films in the 2010s, including a lead role in The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting83
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
Narrator: opening credits (voice)
movieFellinopolis
2021
Self - Actress (archive footage)
tvCastlevania
2017
Miranda (voice)
movieMinutes Past Midnight
2016
The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
movieThe Phantom
2016
The Widow
movieLost River
2015
Belladonna
movieThe Mill at Calder's End
2015
The Apparition of the Mill
movieThe Shutterbug Man
2014
Narrator
movieLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Boneyard Collection
2008
Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
movieThe Capitol Conspiracy
1998
Agent Oakley
movieDeep Above
1994
Mrs. Wagner
movieDracula in the Movies
1992
(archive footage)
tvDark Shadows
1991
Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres / Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
tvWar and Remembrance
1988
Elsa MacMahon
tvThe Winds of War
1983
Mrs. Stoller
movieSilent Scream
1979
Victoria Engels
moviePiranha
1978
Dr. Mengers
moviePretty Baby
1978
Josephine
movieShivers
1975
Betts
movieCaged Heat
1974
Supt. McQueen
tvNight Gallery
1970
The Widow Craighill
movieCiao, Federico!
1970
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieCurse of the Crimson Altar
1968
Lavinia Morley
movieThe She Beast
1966
Veronica
movieYoung Törless
1966
Bozena
movieAn Angel for Satan
1966
Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
movieFor Love and Gold
1966
Teodora
movieOnce Upon a Tractor
1965
Lady Clerk
movieNightmare Castle
1965
Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
movieTerror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
Cleo Hauff
movieThe Long Hair of Death
1964
Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
movieEasy Love
1964
Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
movieThe Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
Valérie Gasparelli
movieWhite Voices
1964
Guilia
movieThree for a Robbery
1964
Barbara Sims
movieLes baisers
1964
Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
movieThe Maniacs
1964
Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
movieCastle of Blood
1964
Elisabeth Blackwood
movieThe Ghost
1963
Margaret Hichcock
movie8½
1963
Gloria Morin
movieThe Iron Captain
1962
Floriana
movieThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
Cynthia Hichcock
movieThe Pit and the Pendulum
1961
Elizabeth Barnard Medina
movieBlack Sunday
1960
Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
movieYour Money or Your Wife
1960
Juliet Frost
movieSapphire
1959
Student
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959
Dolores
movieHouseboat
1958
Minor Role (uncredited)
Production2
tvWar and Remembrance
1988
Producer
tvThe Winds of War
1983
Associate Producer